The Jolly Postman

In this book, we follow a postman through the land of all fairy tales as he delivers letters. From Hansel and Gretal, to Cinderella, to the Big Bad Wolf... each one has a letter to read. These letters each come in their own envelopes. This is such a fun book to share with children because it is

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interactive and tells funny side stories to their favorite fairytales and characters. Written in partial rhyme, it has a sing-song ring to it that makes fun to read.

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Young children will love this book. The Jolly Postman delivers mail to famous fairytale characters. Children get to pull the letters out of the envelopes and read the letters.

Every year, I use this book to introduce fourth graders to letter writing. It is a funny story with well-known characters. Great book!

This is a great book for children kindergarten to second grade. It's a hands on book, that allows the students to pull out each piece of mail and read it themselves. This is a great way to involve the students in the reading.

Great book to share with children about jobs in everyday life. It's also fun to incorporate the classic fairy tales and open and read all the mail.

Great book to use for a letter writing lesson. Fun hands on book. Incorporates familiar fairy tale characters.

What a fun book! The story follows a post man who delivers mail to famous characters from popular tales- from goldilocks, to the giant from jack in the beanstalk. What's fun about the book though is that every other page has an actual envelope with a letter in it that you can take out and read.

I really enjoyed this book and thought that it was very clever. I loved reading the mail that the postman brought to each fairy tale character. I would use this in a school library setting to teach the children that you can reinvent familiar fairy tale characters if you want - they don't always

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have to be the typical stories.

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Great book to relate back to fairy tale stories as it can be used in futher discussion with children about all of the characters. Also, it is helpful when talking about different jobs with children. Very creative and hands on as it uses envelopes with letters on each page to keep children

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interactive.

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Even though when I was a kid I thought this book looked scary because of the colors, I would still recommend it because of the fun font used in the letters that are written throughout the story. This font shows the approachability for students to write letters. These letters are not perfect,

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instead they are fun! The reader can't help but wait to find out where the postman is going to go next!

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The Jolly Postman delivered letters to fairy tale people (such as Cinderella, Goldilocks, and the Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk) on his bicycle. Everyone gave the postman something to drink, tea or champagne. At the end of the book all the characters, including the postman, attended Goldilock's

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birthday party.

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Genre: Fantasy
Review: This book takes a variety of fantasy stories, such as Cinderella and the Three Bears, and ties them all into one story. It is impossible to happen because these characters are all fictional, and wolfs, for example, do not receive mail. But it is relatable because it ties in a

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lot of stories that are familiar to most students.
Media: Water Colo

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I fondly remember the mad scramble to procure this book back in my elementary school days. Along with the Waldo series, these Jolly Postman books were at a premium among the school kids, because we loved the innovative books. Waldo was about finding that sneaky man in a striped shirt; this book was

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about the surprises found in every envelope. To clarify, let me back up. This picture book has an unusual format. In between the story and illustrations are pages that are mock envelopes, because this book is about a postman delivering letters to inhabitants of fairy tale land. He has important missives for the three bears, the Wicked Witch, the giant, Goldilocks, and even the Big Bad Wolf. The story is told in simple rhyme, with a rhyme scheme that is lilting and not forced, and has bright and festive pictures that suit the setting. The envelopes appear after the postman has delivered his mail, and we get to read what each inhabitant receives. As if it weren't enough fun getting to peek in on other people's letters, each delivery is different; a letter, a postcard, an advertisement, even a book and publication notice. The author doesn't neglect the little details, either, with appropriate postage stamps and return addresses. I loved this book as a child, and I love it as an adult, with an extra appreciation for its craft. I can't wait until my girls are old enough to love it as much as I do.

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The jolly postman delivers letters to many of the popular fairy tale characters. Students would enjoy reading this book because of the cool envelope pull outs with the letters written on them. I certainly enjoyed pulling out the letters and reading them.

This is a fun, interactive book about a postman who delivers letters to different fairy tale characters and has tea at each of their houses. The letters can be taken out of the addressed envelopes and read, which is fun.

The postman delivers the mail to many of the traditional storytime characters. The illustrations are done in lovely pastel watercolors but the funnest part of the book are the letters themselves. This is an epistolary story and as such there are actual epistles that one pulls out of envelopes that

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are part of the pages. Each epistle is appropriate for each character and range from a birthday card to a catalog. The story reading level is age appropriate for K-3 but the epistles can, at times, be beyond age level which are easily understandable with a little adult explanation. Children will love seeing their traditional storytime characters talking to each other like Red Riding Hood's Wolf or the Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. Highly Recommended.

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This picture book that is about a Postman delivering letters to recognisable fairytale characters. Each character of the story receives a letter. I enjoyed this book and realized how great it was for children. The book catches my attention throughout with its the humour, rhyming of the words, short

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sentences, beautiful illustrations and the interactive aspect. The use of the fairytale characters is fantastic as they’re familiar to children and entertaining.

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i used the pop up pieces to play librarian, bookseller, and postman. it was amazing.

A favorite at our house. The Jolly Postman delivers mail to various nursery rhyme and folktale characters; every other page has an "envelope" with a letter inside. A funny book with charming illustrations.

Fairytales all put together. Interactive - with letters. Has various types of texts in the letters. Would be a good tool for teaching students about letters and letter types.

This is a toy book that is aimed for younger children. It is the story of a post-man who delivers Christmas letters to fairy tale characters. I would use this book for entertainment purposes with preschoolers to kindergarten. It has many activities that the children can interact with and do.

Students learn that mail carries meaning through reading this book. The mailman delivers special mail for characters from different fairy tales. This book was designed in a very creative way allowing the reader to take part in the book. (Reading the mail). I could use this book to teach students

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point of view to strengthen comprehension. I am buying this book for my future classroom !!!

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I loved this book!!! My new favorite book and this will be purchased for my own use. The letters in the envelopes was amazing. What fun for the kids to see the handwritten letter from goldilocks for example and a great way to get writing in with the lesson as well.

I liked the book "The Jolly Postman". This book has pop out letters that the postman is delivering. I like that they are another element to pull out and read. They made the plot more suspenseful because they move it forward. Additionally, I like the illustrations. They typically do not take up the

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whole page, rather they give the viewer a glimpse of what is going on in his view. The big idea of this book is the idea of the postman.

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